Kilrodane

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilrodane, from 51 m² to 301,818 m² (30.18 ha, 74.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilrodane in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  the existing storage shed and office space and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2681

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2523

• 16 Jan 2024Conditional

  the construction of an easy feed slatted cubicle house with underground slatted tank, feed barriers, feed passage, ancillary concrete and walkway, and all associated ancillary site works at our farmyard

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460024

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  detached domestic shed with adjoining stable/ bike shelter, a detached music room and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22296

• 16 Mar 2021Conditional

  construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21311

• 2 Oct 2019Conditional

  a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19977

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilrodane.

Recorded monuments

• LI028-127 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (c. 26m NNW-SSE) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 2.8m). Both inner bank (int. H c. 1m; ext. H 1.45m) and external bank (int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.6m) are covered by dense overgrowth except SW->N where fosse is used as rubbish dump. Entrance (Wth 2.2m) through both banks at SSE. Interior level, waterlogged with covered with rough-pasture and irises. Field boundary abuts enclosure at SSE, on N side of entrance. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI028-128 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (26.5m N-S; 25.6m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.15m) low internally along E arc and incorporated into field boundary system SSW->NNW. Fosse (Wth 1.4m) is deepest SSW->NNW but covered here by dense overgrowth. External bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.3m) evident NNW->SSW but overlain by field boundary SSW->NNW. Entrance (Wth 2.7m) through both banks at ESE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI028-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Oval area (28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.95m; Wth 6m) NE->SSW, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.2m) SSW->NNW, and by slightly curving field boundary probably incorporating bank NNW->NNE. Interior is under pasture and slopes gently down to E. Opening, with gate, through bank at NNW leading onto slightly raised trackway (Wth 4.1m) which crosses N edge of enclosure on E-W axis. Field boundaries, not shown on 1923 OS 6-inch map, abut bank at SSW and W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI028-130 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (21.4m N-S; 21.7m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 5m) NNE->SSW, and enclosed by a field boundary (int. H 1.05m) W->NNW. Interior under pasture and slopes gently down to E. A trackway (Wth 3m) crosses W edge of interior immediately inside field boundary. Band of nettles grow along face of scarp E->SSW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI028-131001 Church
  Description

  No visible surface trace of church within levelled graveyard (LI028-131002-). Dedicated to St Rodan; no vestige of site in 1840 (OSL vol. 1, 24). Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as 'there was a little church and burial ground dedicated to St. Rodan, but both have been destroyed and the spot which they occupied is now part of a meadow' (ibid.). Westropp (1904-5, 402) recorded the following details on Kilrodane; ‘Kilrodan, with New Grange, 1349 (Close R.); Kilvidane, 1657 (D.S.B. 7). Site - The church and graveyard are now levelled'. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 08 January 2019

• LI028-131002 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, on SW-facing slope, with stream short distance to SW. Roughly oval area (26m N-S) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.7m; H 0.55m) SW->NNW, and by band of differential grass growth NNW->E; no enclosing element apparent E->SW in area covered by tall grass. There is a gradual rise from periphery towards centre where a concrete pillar stands (OS trig. station). No visible surface trace of gravemarkers, nor trace of church (LI028-131001-), dedicated to St Rodan, which is said to have stood here (OSL vol. 1, 24). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI028-131003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Holy well located in field to S of St. Rodan's church site (LI028-131001-) and levelled graveyard (LI028-131002-). Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as 'there was a little church and burial ground dedicated to St. Rodan, but both have been destroyed and the spot which they occupied is now part of a meadow' (ibid.). The following folklore was recorded from Ardagh National School about Kilrodane Well; 'In former times there was a church-yard and also a well in Kilrodane. The remains of them are still to be seen in Mr. Hogan's land' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 174; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921957/4913310/4935463). See attached photo taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00309 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17035. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 October 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilrodane.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Kilrodane, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_437 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

• Kilrodane, Ardagh5 sales

Name

Kilrodane · Cill Rodáin

Area

1,221,406 m² (122.14 ha, 301.82 acres)

Civil parish

Newcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,491 people lived in 875 households in the Newcastle Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardvone, Ballylahiff, Coolcronoge, Doocatteen, Dromrahnee, Enaghgare, Gortnaglogh, Killard, Reerasta South

Placenames

Kilrodane on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.